For college-football fans, the playoffs are now everything.

Here's what to know on why Notre Dame football decided to opt out of the Pop-Tarts Bowl vs. against BYU following the ...

Notre Dame and Southern California's iconic college football rivalry is on hold. The Fighting Irish announced Monday they filled their last 2026 open date with a game against BYU.

After facing off nearly every year over the last century, USC and Notre Dame football will not play their rivalry game in ...

For his final lecture of the semester, at students' prompting, he gave a logical articulation of whether or not Notre Dame ...

Indiana football center Pat Coogan has delivered a few well-documented pre-game speeches. Here's how he found the words that ...

Sources say Notre Dame and Freeman have not yet completed a reworked deal but are motivated to finish it, hopefully by year’s ...

Without ESPN and its money, many bowls would just fold, which is why only only a few of them are mentioned here. In fact, ...

The Fighting Irish were projected to play in the Pop-Tarts Bowl Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has ...

Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua laments the Fighting Irish had a potential College Football Playoff berth "stolen" by the selection committee, but doesn't expect there to be any legitimacy ...

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) poked fun at Notre Dame University for opting out of a bowl game Sunday. The Pop-Tarts Bowl, set for Dec. 27, reportedly invited the 10-2 Fighting Irish to face 11-2 BYU.

If Notre Dame is in this same position next year, they won’t have to worry about another College Football Playoff snub. Starting next season, if the Irish are ranked in the top 12 by the committee, ...